CapRadio Classical Host Victor Forman shares some of his favorite jazz pieces that took their inspiration from classical music.

When Cal State Fullerton music professors Bill Cunliffe and Rob Watson were looking for a student to send to a piano competition in China, they both thought of freshman Mathew Yang.The 18-year-old … ...

This music was not jazz and not classical music, but the pursuit of something in between, resulting in a fusion of ideas and inflection.

A variety show of jazz and classical music by local musicians made for a lively August evening in the theater at The Colorado ...

Subsequent conversations with Mauro Piccinini, a music historian who contributed liner notes for the new album, led him to think about a single disc of piano arrangements of jazz-inflected works.

The 2010s are coming to an end on Dec. 31, so CapRadio’s jazz hosts are here to tell you about their favorite jazz music from this past decade in this month’s Ear to Ear playlist blog.

The piano-trio efforts that have arrived this year often feel insular in a good way — mini aesthetic universes distinct from any prevailing trends in jazz, which lately has steered toward a ...

On Oct. 20, Emerald City Music will open its eighth season with “Evolution of Improvisation,” a musical program combining classical chamber music and jazz.

PRINCETON — Hundreds of music lovers packed Hinds Plaza Sunday afternoon as Tigertown Classic Jazz delivered traditional jazz music from the 1920s to the 1940s. The six-piece jazz ensemble lived ...

Chick Corea, one of the most versatile and influential jazz pianists of his generation, who helped develop the electronic fusion style of music with Miles Davis and later with his 1970s group ...

He became one of the most successful jazz musicians in Europe and gained a devoted following across the Atlantic with his pleasing crossover compositions.

Our top picks for classical music and jazz in San Diego this season: A world-class cellist; music, art and kinetic energy; Japanese drums and dance; a week of jazz piano; and cinematic chamber music.